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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen J Gaul, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257734 ; 257751 ; 257773 ; 257777 ;
Abstract
A surface mountable integrated circuit and a method of manufacture are disclosed. A wafer 110 has a die with an integrated circuit 119 in one surface of the wafer. A via 130 extends to the opposite surface. the via has a sidewall oxide 131 and is filled with a conductive material such as metal or doped polysilicon. The metal may comprise a barrier layer and an adhesion layer. The second end of the via can be fashioned as a prong 233 or a receptacle 430. Dies with vias can be stacked on top of each other or surface mounted to printed circuit boards or other substrate.